Deborah Diesen

Children’s Book Author

The Barefooted, Bad-Tempered Baby Brigade

by Deborah Diesen; illustrated by Tracy Dockray
Tricycle Press, 2010
Available format: Hardcover (ISBN 1582462747) – has gone out of print, so availability is limited

Fed-up babies band together to protest baths, bibs, belly kisses and more. This rhyming tale is fun and silly, but it’s a sentimental story in disguise, with a reminder that babies don’t stay babies for long.